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Bean 3.0.4 - A fast and uncluttered word processor.. (Free)

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 03:06 AM PST



Bean is lean, fast, and uncluttered. If you get depressed at the thought of firing up MS Word or OpenOffice, try Bean.

If you use Text Edit but have to jump through hoops just to get a word count or change the margins, try Bean.

If you're pining away for Write Now-esque simplicity or just want a low-pressure writing environment, try Bean.

Features:
  • A live word count
  • A Get Info panel for in-depth statistics
  • A zoom-slider to easily change the view scale
  • An Inspector panel with lots of sliders
  • Date-stamped backups
  • Autosaving
  • A page layout mode
  • An alternate colors option (e.g., white text on blue)
  • An option to show invisible characters (tabs, returns, spaces)
  • Selection of text by text style, paragraph style, color, etc.
  • A floating windows option (like Stickies has)
  • Easy to use menus
  • Remembers cursor postion (excluding .txt, .html, .webarchive formats)
  • All of Cocoa's good stuff (dictionary, word completion, etc.)
  • Please keep in mind that Bean is betaware


Version 3.0.4:

Bugfixes:

  • Fixed a problem where help files would not display for some users (20120102-1).
  • Fixed a problem where Styles > Paste Font & Ruler into a zero-length selection just ahead of paragraph break would lose typing attributes (20120103-1).
  • Localized the "Do you want to save the changes you made to the document?" alert panel and fixed a few other localization issues (20120102-4).
Changes:
  • Opening Bean's help files no longer causes the initial unchanged Untitled document to close (20120102-2).
  • Increased area that triggers visibility of scroller in full screen mode (OS X 10.5-10.6) (20120102-3).
Additions:
  • Added 'Styles > Paste Font Family & Ruler' menu item (this retains italic, bold, etc. if possible) (20120103-2).



Mac OS X 10.5 or later

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JFB, Vol. 3, Pages 49-60: Biophysical Properties of Lumbricus terrestris Erythrocruorin and Its Potential Use as a Red Blood Cell Substitute

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 12:00 AM PST

Previous generations of hemoglobin (Hb)-based oxygen carriers (HBOCs) have been plagued by key biophysical limitations that result in severe side-effects once transfused in vivo, including protein instability, high heme oxidation rates, and nitric oxide (NO) scavenging. All of these problems emerge after mammalian Hbs are removed from red blood cells (RBCs) and used for HBOC synthesis/formulation. Therefore, extracellular Hbs (erythrocruorins) from organisms which lack RBCs might serve as better HBOCs. This review focuses on the erythrocruorin of Lumbricus terrestris (LtEc), which has been shown to be extremely stable, resistant to oxidation, and may interact with NO differently than mammalian Hbs. All of these beneficial properties show that LtEc is a promising new HBOC which warrants further investigation.

JFB, Vol. 3, Pages 37-48: Potentials of Chitosan-Based Delivery Systems in Wound Therapy: Bioadhesion Study

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 12:00 AM PST

Chitosan is currently proposed to be one of the most promising polymers in wound dressing development. Our research focuses on its potential as a vehicle for nano-delivery systems destined for burn therapy. One of the most important features of wound dressing is its bioadhesion to the wounded site. We compared the bioadhesive properties of chitosan with those of Carbopol, a synthetic origin polymer. Chitosan-based hydrogels of different molecular weights were first analyzed by texture analysis for gel cohesiveness, adhesiveness and hardness. In vitro release studies showed no difference in release of model antimicrobial drug from the different hydrogel formulations. Bioadhesion tests were performed on pig ear skin and the detachment force, necessary to remove the die from the skin, and the amount of remaining formulation on the skin were determined. Although no significant difference regarding detachment force could be seen between Carbopol-based and chitosan-based formulations, almost double the amount of chitosan formulation remained on the skin as compared to Carbopol formulations. The findings confirmed the great potential of chitosan-based delivery systems in advanced wound therapy. Moreover, results suggest that formulation retention on the ex vivo skin samples could provide deeper insight on formulation bioadhesiveness than the determination of detachment force.

Insects, Vol. 3, Pages 62-90: Reticulitermes nelsonae, a New Species of Subterranean Termite (Rhinotermitidae) from the Southeastern United States

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 12:00 AM PST

Reticulitermes nelsonae, a new species of Rhinotermitidae (Isoptera) is described based on specimens from Sapelo Island, GA, Thomasville, GA, Havelock, NC, and Branford, FL. Adult (alate) and soldier forms are described. Diagnostic characters are provided and incorporated into a supplemental couplet of a dichotomous key to the known species of Reticulitermes found in Georgia, USA.

Insects, Vol. 3, Pages 41-61: The Evolutionary Innovation of Nutritional Symbioses in Leaf-Cutter Ants

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 12:00 AM PST

Fungus-growing ants gain access to nutrients stored in plant biomass through their association with a mutualistic fungus they grow for food. This 50 million-year-old obligate mutualism likely facilitated some of these species becoming dominant Neotropical herbivores that can achieve immense colony sizes. Recent culture-independent investigations have shed light on the conversion of plant biomass into nutrients within ant fungus gardens, revealing that this process involves both the fungal cultivar and a symbiotic community of bacteria including Enterobacter, Klebsiella, and Pantoea species. Moreover, the genome sequences of the leaf-cutter ants Atta cephalotes and Acromyrmex echinatior have provided key insights into how this symbiosis has shaped the evolution of these ants at a genetic level. Here we summarize the findings of recent research on the microbial community dynamics within fungus-growing ant fungus gardens and discuss their implications for this ancient symbiosis.

Leaked memo: USA blackmailed Spain into passing brutal, censoring copyright law

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 02:44 AM PST

On the eve of the enactment of Spain's harsh new copyright law, El Pais has published a leaked letter from the US Ambassador to the outgoing Spanish president ordering him to enact the copyright law America's industry wants to see, or face trade sanctions.

Spain's new law establishes a Syrian/Chinese style censoring firewall that blocks websites on the basis of unproven copyright claims, and mirrors the matching provisions of the proposed US Stop Online Piracy Act, making censorship into one of today's leading American exports.

In a letter dated 12 December and obtained by Spanish newspaper El Pais, US ambassador Alan Solomont wrote to the outgoing Spanish president expressing his concern about the lack of movement on a online piracy bill, known as the Sinde law.

"The government has unfortunately failed to finish the job for political reasons, to the detriment of the reputation and economy of Spain..." In his letter, Solomont issued veiled threats, reminding its recipients that Spain is on the Special 301, the US trade representatives' list of countries that do not provide "adequate and effective" protection of intellectual property rights. Spain risks having its position on the list "degraded", and could join the real blacklist of "the worst violators of global intellectual property rights."

US pressured Spain to implement online piracy law, leaked files shows

Nevada has head start as states react ...

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 01:18 AM PST

The Internet gambling business has always been a lucrative one, but federal law has kept states on the sidelines, barred from tapping into an estimated $4 billion that Americans spend every year to gamble online illegally.

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Micromachines, Vol. 3, Pages 28-35: A Study on Millimetre-Wave Tunable Bandpass Filter Based on Polymer Cap Deflection

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 12:00 AM PST

This paper presents a new tuning mechanism for millimetre-wave BPF based on deflection of the BCB membrane of BCB packaging cap. A 3-pole parallel-coupled microstrip filter operating at 60 GHz is first implemented on 30 µm-thick BCB polymer substrate and then BCB-capped through our new anti-adhesion layer assisted wafer-level transfer technique. Gold electrodes are fabricated on top of the BCB cap for DC actuation. The implemented BCB capped BPF showed the tuning range of 1.49 GHz from 63.36 GHz to 64.85 GHz with the associated insertion losses of −9.7 dB and −9.4 dB and the return losses better than −11 dB over the tuning range.

Micromachines, Vol. 3, Pages 21-27: Plasmonic Nanostructures Prepared by Soft UV Nanoimprint Lithography and Their Application in Biological Sensing

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 12:00 AM PST

We prepared high-density plasmonic nanostructures on a glass substrate. By using soft UV nanoimprint lithography, gold nanodisks with a diameter of 65 nm were obtained on an area of 1 mm2. We tested these gold nanosensors in the biotin/streptavidin system to study their selectivity and sensitivity of detection. The prepared gold nanodisks could detect streptavidin at 10 pM.

Micromachines, Vol. 3, Pages 10-20: Switchable Thermal Interfaces Based on Discrete Liquid Droplets

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 12:00 AM PST

We present a switchable thermal interface based on an array of discrete liquid droplets initially confined on hydrophilic islands on a substrate. The droplets undergo reversible morphological transition into a continuous liquid film when they are mechanically compressed by an opposing substrate to create low-thermal resistance heat conduction path. We investigate a criterion for reversible switching in terms of hydrophilic pattern size and liquid volume. The dependence of the liquid morphology and rupture distance on the diameter and areal fraction of hydrophilic islands, liquid volumes, as well as loading pressure is also characterized both theoretically and experimentally. The thermal resistance in the on-state is experimentally characterized for ionic liquids, which are promising for practical applications due to their negligible vapor pressure. A life testing setup is constructed to evaluate the reliability of the interface under continued switching conditions at relatively high switching frequencies.

Remote Sensing, Vol. 4, Pages 120-134: Detecting Climate Effects on Vegetation in Northern Mixed Prairie Using NOAA AVHRR 1-km Time-Series NDVI Data

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 12:00 AM PST

Grasslands hold varied grazing capacity, provide multiple habitats for diverse wildlife, and are a key component of carbon stock. Research has indicated that grasslands are experiencing effects related to recent climate trends. Understanding how grasslands respond to climate variation thus is essential. However, it is difficult to separate the effects of climate variation from grazing. This study aims to document vegetation condition under climate variation in Grasslands National Park (GNP) of Canada, a grassland ecosystem without grazing for over 20 years, using Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) data to establish vegetation baselines. The main findings are (1) precipitation has more effects than temperature on vegetation; (2) the growing season of vegetation had an expanding trend indicated by earlier green-up and later senescence; (3) phenologically-tuned annual NDVI had an increasing trend from 1985 to 2007; and (4) the baselines of annual NDVI range from 0.13 to 0.32, and only the NDVI in 1999 is beyond the upper bound of the baseline. Our results indicate that vegetation phenology and condition have slightly changed in GNP since 1985, although vegetation condition in most years was still within the baselines.

iFFmpeg 2.8.6 - Convert multimedia files between formats.. (Shareware)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 08:59 PM PST



iFFmpeg is a graphical front-end for FFmpeg, a command-line tool used to convert multimedia files between formats. The command line instructions can be very hard to master/understand, so iFFmpeg does all the hard work for you. This allows you to use FFmpeg without detailed command-line knowledge.

Version 2.8.6:
  • Added FFmpeg option "Pixel Format".
  • Added FFmpeg option "Max file size".
  • Fixed DV presets.
  • Fixed audio pass-thru with second audio stream and encoding to mkv.
  • Fixed issue when selecting LibVo-AACenc.
  • Reset demo.


  • Mac OS X 10.6 or later
  • Working FFmpeg OS X binary (available here).


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EarthDesk 5.8.2 - A dynamic world desktop picture.. (Shareware)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 08:59 PM PST



EarthDesk replaces your static desktop picture with a rendered image of Earth showing correct sun, moon and city illumination.

With an internet connection, EarthDesk displays real-time global cloud cover, allowing users to track hurricanes and typhoons, or simply admire our beautiful planet. User options allow you to adjust the overall transparency of the cloud layer.

  • Eleven different projections.
  • Political, enhanced satellite and natural maps.
  • Zoom from 50% to 400%.
  • City lights appear at night.
  • Atlas contains 10,000 cities.
EarthDesk gives you numerous options for configuring the map images placed on your desktop.

EarthDesk fully supports multiple displays and uses very little processor resources, running silently in the background. Universal Binary too!

Version 5.8.2:

  • Improves the cloud update mechanism for high-resolution cloud access.


Mac OS X 10.5 or later

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Google Chrome 16.0.912.75 - Modern and fast web browser.. (Free)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 08:59 PM PST



Google Chrome is a Web browser by Google, created to be a modern platform for web pages and applications. It utilizes very fast loading of web pages and has a V8 engine, which is a custom built JavaScript engine. Because Google has used parts from Apple's Safari and Firefox browsers, they made the project open source.

Version 16.0.912.75:

All

  • Bug fixes.


Mac OS X 10.5 or later

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Mermoz 1.6 - Flight planning application for private pilots.. (Free)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 11:08 PM PST



Mermozis an application for helping private pilots to do their flight planning. It is designed to work with the French and Swiss ICAO VFR maps. So Mermoz is mostly useful for flying in France and Switzerland.

However I did an English translation. So you may give it a try even if you don't speak French. And if someday you come to fly in France or Switzerland, then it might help you.

Last (but not least), Mermoz is the name of a famous French aviator who flew from 1920 to 1936 between France and South America.

Version 1.6:

  • Gestures for creating routes and waypoints have been revisited and simplified.
  • Airfield database now includes airfields from Belgium and Luxemburg.
  • A new navigation form (derived from ACD) allows to specify radio and nav information in a dedicated column.


Mac OS X 10.5 or later

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BirdClock 1.0.3 - Time by a chorus of birds.. (Commercial)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 11:06 PM PST



BirdClock is a unique and fun clock app that tells you time by chorus of birds! It gives you pleasant surprises as hours passing by and makes you feel closer to nature.

BirdClock can also be used as an alarm clock, allowing you to set as many alarms as you want.

There are 20+ available bird sounds for you to choose from. More will be coming.

Version 1.0.3:

  • Change category


Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later.

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Stone Flood 1.2 - Simple puzzle game.. (Free)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 11:16 PM PST



Stone Flood is a simple, addictive and easy to play puzzle game for you Mac.

The goal of the game is to flood the board with a single color! Be fast and keep your number of moves low in order to score high! Start from the lower left corner and expand an area of same-colored stones by choosing between the different colored stone buttons. Each level has individually calculated minimum time and steps to achieve. Stone Flood is the perfect game for passing the time.

Main features of Stone Flood are:
  • 150 Levels
  • Random Games
  • 9 different Colors
  • 6 different board sizes
  • Very addictive
  • Lots of fun

    Version 1.2:
    • Added 50 new level (with obstacles)

    • Added a instruction page

    • General improvements


    Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later

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    RightWebPage Pro 4.5 - Verify web pages to ISO/IEC 23026-2006(E).. (Shareware)

    Posted: 05 Jan 2012 11:09 PM PST



    RightWebPage is a quality assurance tool for web applications. It can check web sites against Internet best practices standards such as HTML 5, CSS 3, WCAG and ISO 23026.

    Version 4.5:
    • New code editor and correct encoding of saved files in all languages.
    • Significant performance optimization


    • Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later
    • 64-bit processor


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    Folder Sync 1.4.1 - Keep multiple pairs of folders in sync.. (Commercial)

    Posted: 05 Jan 2012 11:11 PM PST



    Folder Sync keeps multiple pairs of folders in sync, safely and dependably. Great for backups and for managing content on USB drives, memory cards, and other computers/drives on your network. View differences between pairs of folders on screen using user defined coloured coding.

    Folder Sync allows you to utilise a fully automatic sync (Sync to Left, Sync to Right or Sync Both Ways) making only the required changes to keep this as fast as possible.

    You can also manually manipulate the files yourself in order to copy or delete just the files you select for the ultimate in control, something that other synchronisation applications do not offer.

    Notable Features are...

    • Extremely Fast Comparison Engine based on Modified Date and File Size.
    • Extremely Fast Automatic Synchronization as only the files that are different are manipulated.
    • Ability to save pairs of folders to presets for quick and easy repeat of synchronisation.
    • Users have the choice of using automatic synchronisation options or performing copy and delete tasks Manually.
    • Provides a preview of all changes that will take place prior to actually committing those changes to disk.
    • Sync external Hard Disks (USB, NAS etc) with your Mac and vice-versa
    • Multi-Touch track pad support offering fast scrolling and difference navigation.
    • Quick Look and Finder Integration.
    • Very Configurable Interface and Synchronisation options.
    • Extensive filtering abilities to allow you focus on the differences that need your attention as well as easily excluding files.
    • Powerful built in selection commands allowing you to quickly grab the files you need, great for those manual synchronisations!
    • 64-Bit Cocoa Application
    • Tested on Mac OS X 10.7


    Version 1.4.1:
    • Bug fixes.

    • Now auto starts compare after selecting left/right paths (can be disabled in settings).

    • Autosave log folder moved.


    Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later

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    VideoBuffet 1.0 - Simple QuickTime movie browser and viewer.. (Commercial)

    Posted: 05 Jan 2012 10:35 PM PST



    VideoBuffet is a simple, easy-to-use QuickTime movie browser and viewer. It's the quickest, easiest, and best way to browse your QuickTime movie collection.

    There's no library to create, or metadata to type in. Just drag your movies onto VideoBuffet and start watching, right now. With it's ability to view multiple movies simultaneously, there's no easier way to browse through your movie collection.

    VideoBuffet can also search through your Movies folder, and automatically find all of your movies for you. It can search through thousands of files per second, so even the largest movie collection will open quickly. You might even rediscover movies you forgot you had!

    Features:

    • Plays multiple movies at once (up to 16), in one window.
    • Utilizes QuickTime X for optimized, hardware-accelerated video playback.
    • Plays any movie supported by QuickTime (except DRM-protected movies).
    • Can automatically find all movie files in your Movies folder.
    • Can page through your movies in order, or choose a random selection to watch.
    • Automatically prevents screen dimming while playing movies.
    • Searches through thousands of files per second, to quickly open even large video collections.
    • Resizable, zoomable main window.
    • Full-screen mode (Mac OS 10.7 Lion only).
    • Includes extensive on-line help.


    Mac OS X 10.6 or later.

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